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THE DUCHESS (Texture (dominated by the string section, Ostinatos used, Mel…
THE DUCHESS
Texture
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Mistake of your Life: rich texture especially in climax, quite a lonely texture at first
Tonality
Mistake of your life: Diatonic minor, G minor, A minor briefly, Final unresolved
Opening: Modal D Major,c(natural) Sometiems mixolydian
Six years later: Modally inflected D major,
Never see your children again: D minor, imply Dorian mode, Dissonant, unresolved
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Harmony
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Mistake of your Life: Gm to Dm then up a tone Am to Em,
harmony then come less functional in B section
Six Years Later: D major to A minor, aug chords for colour
Never see your children again: dissonance over a tonic pedal, 2nds and 3rds in opening, Db against D in final G chord
Melody
Opening: Conjunct, Fragmented ideas, long held notes
Mistake of your Life: conjunct, functional, similar to B section from the opening
Six Years Later: triadic ideas, chromatic lower auxiliary notes
Never see your children again: slow, rising, conjunct idea, rocking quavers
Rhythm
Opening: 4/4, simple, quavers, crotchets
Mistake of your Life: 3:4 time signature, simple rhythm
Six Years Later: 6:8, lively, some figures start on the second quaver of the bar
Never see your children again: slow 3:4, rocking quavers, dotted minims
Dynamics
Opening: Not terraced, crecendo(33), diminuendo(13), changes from p<mf
Mistake of your Life: no terraced dynamics, ff in the climax
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Instrumentation
Strings, Harp, Woodwind, Horns
Genre
Film music, classical and romantic in style but adapted for film
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